Meet The Team

Jon Erickson, Producer - is a Professor at the University of Vermont, a Fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, a principal with Purple Frog Productions, and an award winning producer of documentary films about economic transitions with Bright Blue EcoMedia. Since 2011, his work with Victor Gaudagno and Brad Johanson has garnered four New England Emmy nominations, two wins, and five films currently in national PBS distribution.

Kathryn Goldman, Producer - is a project manager, fundraiser, 15-year veteran of advocacy and political campaigns, principal and founder of Wood River Consulting LLC, and a principal with Purple Frog Productions. She serves on the city council in Bellevue, Idaho.

Jacob Smith, Producer - is an award-winning filmmaker, a former mayor, and a former U.S. Senate staffer. His films include the fiction short “Chasing Rabbits” (with filmmaker Julia Myers, which received the Audience Choice Award for Best Live Action Short at the Children's Film Festival in Seattle) and his documentary “48 Hours in Baltimore” (with filmmaker Kate Williams).